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Miniatures Adventure => Pulp => Topic started by: Grimm on July 22, 2006, 11:35:44 PM

Title: airplane ?
Post by: Grimm on July 22, 2006, 11:35:44 PM

Hallo I am planing to make some 45 Adventure Games with an airplane .
I have the 28mm pilots from copplestone castings
http://www.copplestonecastings.co.uk/range.php?range=HA
I already have some ww1 warplanes but I need a small cargo plane ,in the right size for the miniatures .
Have anybody an idea which company makes the best planes for that and whith plane will be right for the 20 centurie.
Please all is    interesting  and lots of pics are welcome .

cheers Grimm

Title: airplane ?
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on July 22, 2006, 11:59:28 PM

try it here:

http://www.moduni.de/index.php/cPath/10000000_10300000_10302001_10302041/sort/2a/page/1

lots of 1:48 models.

Title: airplane ?
Post by: Mo on July 23, 2006, 12:04:01 AM

I'm still struggling to post pictures. Let's see if this works...

goose.JPG

Title: airplane ?
Post by: Mo on July 23, 2006, 12:05:59 AM

Gaahk!

anyone care to tell me what I'm doing wrong??

 :oops:

Title: airplane ?
Post by: Mo on July 23, 2006, 12:17:38 AM

OK. Here is my Grumman Goose.

First unpainted...

http://www.pulpadventure.com/pics/scale%20check.JPG

and then repainted to be the evil oil company in my campaign game. (put your thumb over the bottom of the four and read the number on the wing upside down if you don't believe me... :D

http://www.pulpadventure.com/pics/goose.JPG

It's a diecast model bank you can find pretty readily on Ebay for around $20.00

Marc

Title: airplane ?
Post by: KeyanSark on July 23, 2006, 07:56:28 AM

Excellent model, Mo... Ideal for an adventure!

To show your pics in the forum just put the URL between the tags (http://)

See?
(http://www.pulpadventure.com/pics/scale%20check.JPG)

Title: airplane ?
Post by: WitchfinderGeneral on July 23, 2006, 08:51:04 AM

If you don't care much about details or accuracy of construction such a toy should be perfect.

Title: airplane ?
Post by: Poliorketes on July 23, 2006, 11:41:40 AM

I'm still searching for something similar, Moduni couldn't help me really. I'd like to have something like an early Junkers or a Dornier. Or a Zeppelin-Staaken :D

Title: airplane ?
Post by: Mo on July 23, 2006, 04:08:32 PM

Quote from: "WitchfinderGeneral"

If you don't care much about details or accuracy of construction such a toy should be perfect.

You just described why I got into pulp gaming!

 :lol:

Title: airplane ?
Post by: WitchfinderGeneral on July 23, 2006, 05:17:46 PM

And I like Pulp because I can do funny nonsense (like flying nazi saucers or evil professor's world destruction machines) with a kind of historical accuracy.  :mrgreen:

Title: airplane ?
Post by: Grimm on July 23, 2006, 05:56:39 PM

Hallo

Prof.Witchheimer Moduni couldn't help me they have only Modern or warplanes ........

Mo your plan is grate but  I can´t find one on ebay ,I ceep on trying .
Thanks for the pics.

WitchfinderGeneral  you are right abaut the funny nonsense

 :mrgreen:


Grimm

Title: airplane ?
Post by: Mo on July 23, 2006, 07:45:47 PM

Hey Grimm,

Here's one for you...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Collectible-GEARBOX-Diecast-1938-Grauman-Goose-MIB_W0QQitemZ250010293153QQihZ015QQcategoryZ45350QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Try searching 'Grumman Goose Gearbox' or some combination of those.
Gearbox is the manufacturer.

it's a very nice model.

Title: airplane ?
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on July 23, 2006, 08:11:54 PM

OK, Grimm, this is yours, but the next Gearbox plane auction is mine  :D

Title: airplane ?
Post by: Grimm on July 23, 2006, 08:32:16 PM

OK I gona get it  :D

Grimm

Title: airplane ?
Post by: Mo on July 24, 2006, 04:38:39 PM

Quote from: "Grimm"

OK I gona get it  :D

Good luck with it. Don't overbid. these things show up a lot. When I got mine there were about 9 for sale.

Be price picky and you will get a very good deal

Title: airplane ?
Post by: Grimm on July 25, 2006, 10:24:01 PM

:cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:

To get a Grumman Goose is more    complicated  than it look´s  first.
The main  planes are to expensive for me they are abaut  25 till 40 $ because they are collectible and there are manny people they have not  paypal.
the secund problem is the shiping cost  25 till 30 $ are very hard .
So the  Grumman Goose will be abaut 50 till 70  $ fore me  :freak:
But I Keep on trying , I am a    maniac :D

but for the momend I have paint my first Pilot
(http://www.displacedminiatures.com/images/img.1153856636209.JPG)

Title: airplane ?
Post by: Mo on July 25, 2006, 11:10:48 PM

That pilot NEEDS a plane, Grimm.

They must be less common overseas. I'll keep looking for one for you.

Title: airplane ?
Post by: WitchfinderGeneral on July 25, 2006, 11:41:00 PM

Quote from: "Grimm"

So the  Grumman Goose will be abaut 50 till 70  $ fore me

Which isn't much more than you'd pay for a plastic model kit here...


It may be the varnish but that slight glossy look is perfect for an worn out leather jacket!

Title: airplane ?
Post by: dominic on July 26, 2006, 08:39:47 AM

The Grumman Goose looks very nice.  

Just wondering if anyone knows what type of airplanes were used in the King Kong movie?

Title: airplane ?
Post by: Barry S on July 26, 2006, 02:31:12 PM

Hi,

This bit of infomation is from an article titled Original King Kong no match for Helldiver, by Robert F. Dorr  at www.armytimes.com

In 1933, film director Merian C. Cooper used O2C-1 Helldivers to swat the eponymous gorilla off the top of New York’s Empire State Building in the original “King Kong.”

Because no Helldivers exist today, aviation buff Jackson built two authentic, full-sized, nonflying replicas.

Cooper played one of the O2C pilots in the 1933 movie. Jackson, who lost 80 pounds to squeeze into the cockpit, appears in a Helldiver in the 2005 film.

I hope this helps.

Barry

Title: airplane ?
Post by: dominic on July 26, 2006, 10:47:00 PM

Thanks for that info on the Kong planes!  That's really helpful.  Now to search for some 1/48 Curtiss O2C Helldivers...

Title: airplane ?
Post by: dominic on July 26, 2006, 10:48:24 PM

Grimm - you are right!  The shipping from the US for the Grumman Goose costs $25!!  That's really too much!

Title: airplane ?
Post by: dominic on July 27, 2006, 03:39:21 PM

Grimm - your question about airplanes got me thinking...I know nothing about transport airplanes of the 1920s-1930s era.  I can only think of the Zeppelin and good ol' "Tante Ju" (Junkers JU-52)

Can anyone tell me what transport aircraft were in service during this Pulp era?

Title: airplane ?
Post by: Poliorketes on July 27, 2006, 04:17:33 PM

The Ju 52 and the Dakota where Planes of the 30ies. Planes of the 20ies where (mostly) smaller and often only had one Motor. Junkers made some, the Dornier Wal was a predecessor of the later Catalina or Grumman Goose. And then there where the giants - the Zeppelin Staaken (look at my Avatar) and the Do-X.

Title: airplane ?
Post by: Grimm on July 27, 2006, 07:25:55 PM

OK Poliorketes
Do you  know some good modell`s  in the right sise ?
but I still looking for a Grumman Goose because it is the perfect Pulp plane .

cheers grimm

Title: airplane ?
Post by: Poliorketes on July 27, 2006, 09:47:36 PM

No, naught. Still searching. But there are some Card-Models in 1:50 available from Moduni, among them a Wal and a Do-X. I think I'll try the Wal unless I find someting more durable .

BTW - with Pulps Island Hoppers either the Goose or a Catalina are a must-have! On the other hand a Goose should be done in yellow with red snout and a bear-ish pilot ;)

Title: airplane ?
Post by: dominic on July 28, 2006, 08:19:22 AM

Grimm - here is a Grumman Goose from eBay - French seller:

http://cgi.ebay.de/1-48-GRUMMAN-GOOSE-JRF5-SEAPLAN-COSTAL-COM-SIGNIFER_W0QQitemZ290012512793QQihZ019QQcategoryZ70106QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Title: airplane ?
Post by: WitchfinderGeneral on July 28, 2006, 01:34:27 PM

What's the waterplane, that can be seen in the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark?

Title: airplane ?
Post by: Poliorketes on July 28, 2006, 05:05:03 PM

Do you have a pic at hand?

Title: airplane ?
Post by: Operator5 on July 28, 2006, 05:18:26 PM

Quote from: "WitchfinderGeneral"

What's the waterplane, that can be seen in the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark?

The only reference I have found so far if "floatplane". Still digging.

Rich

Title: airplane ?
Post by: Prof. Dietrich Hes on July 28, 2006, 06:17:08 PM

WFG,
  Here is what you need:

http://www.indygear.com/props/planes.shtml

It also lists all the planes from all the movies if you need that much info

Title: airplane ?
Post by: Poliorketes on July 28, 2006, 09:10:54 PM

The linked site states it's a Waco from 1930. You can get similar biplanes with pontons from Model Companies like EDUARD in 1:48, they are mostly WW1-designs (so canvas instead of metal).

Title: airplane ?
Post by: dominic on July 29, 2006, 10:12:08 PM

Some interesting Pulp aircraft here:

http://www.moduni.de/product_info.php/products_id/2682074

http://www.moduni.de/product_info.php/products_id/2682086

Title: airplane ?
Post by: Grimm on July 29, 2006, 10:20:23 PM

The first one is realy    interesting  :P
Ia it a plane with two    seat`s  ?
I can´t see it on the cover .

Grimm

Title: airplane ?
Post by: dominic on July 29, 2006, 11:41:28 PM

Looks like a 2-seater.  This is the best link I could find.  Scroll down to the section on "Das Bordflugzeug"

http://www.modellversium.de/galerie/artikel.php?id=672

Title: airplane ?
Post by: Grimm on July 30, 2006, 04:12:49 PM

I can´t wait to make a plane here my first one ever ! I get it from a    friend .
He never  manage to complete it  , it  was half painted and glued.

The next will be better till than have fun with that one .
Pilot´s are copplestone miniaturs .

Grimm

(http://www.displacedminiatures.com/images/img.1154270499099.JPG)

(http://www.displacedminiatures.com/images/img.1154270561251.JPG)

Title: airplane ?
Post by: dominic on July 30, 2006, 05:11:38 PM

Nice!  I like the way you weathered it around the cockpit and the tail section.  I also like the work on the rigging. :o

That is a Revell model right?

Title: airplane ?
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on July 30, 2006, 05:16:03 PM

wow, Grimm, superb! Love it!! :love:

Title: airplane ?
Post by: dominic on August 14, 2006, 10:39:00 PM

Grimm - how about this plane?  It is 1/48 die cast, from Model Power:

http://www.modelpower.com/site/519087/product/6403

(http://www.modelpower.com/members/519087/uploaded/6403.jpg)

Title: airplane ?
Post by: Grimm on August 15, 2006, 12:11:52 PM

dominic it looks good but I have a few planes with one seat I need a plane for more  passengers .
It should also be a waterplane .

thad is realy hard to finde

Grimm

Title: airplane ?
Post by: dominic on August 15, 2006, 02:58:45 PM

How about this one?  It looks like a 2-seater floatplane
It is a Japanese plane, but no problems because most planes of that time look very similar:

http://www.moduni.de/product_info.php/products_id/2682074

(http://www.moduni.de/picture/500/2/6/8/2/2682074.jpg)